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I think a different variant/opposite of Hanlon's razor applies when it comes to corporate or political decisions: Don't attribute to stupidity when it can be adequately explained by malice or greed.

This sounds rather obvious, but I feel people forget it far too often.



I call this the Hanlon's Handgun:

"Never attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by systemic incentives promoting malice."

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